avvocato

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noun

An Italian lawyer.

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Meanings

nounavvocato (plural avvocati)

plural avvocati

  1. An Italian lawyer.

    No one, not even the avvocato, ever asked the direct question, 'Do you know who made the fire, Peppina?'

    1917, Florence Converse, “The Culprit”, in The Atlantic Monthly, volume 119, page 57

Origin

  1. Italianavvocato
  2. Italianavvocato
  3. Englishavvocato

Borrowed from Italian avvocato.

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APA

avvocato. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/avvocato

MLA

“avvocato.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/avvocato. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “avvocato,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/avvocato.

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